CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19/8] — Page 229

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entreation the Council to deliberate

maturely

ippeesid

an

merey

on the case;

and having implied wish that

might also be extended

to the male Prisoner in the

eventy of a doubt being entertaund by the Council, withdrew from the Room.

M Hillier as Jurin Member bring requested by the Lient. Governo to declare his

pinion

and advice, with resrect to the male Prisoner, said, that upon

a

careful consideration of the Evidence on the Table and the remarks of the Acting Chief

Justice, he would propos???

that the sentence

расидиро

Death

passed upon both Risoners should be commuted to that of Transportation for Life. He was led to this conclusion principally by the facts that the body had not been certainly found and identified; that the evidence against

the defendant

(that of accomplices) was little supported by conronative testimony, that the Iudze

had not said, though the question that he was

was put to him,

perfectly satisfied

with the Verdict of the Jury,

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